Helen Axford Wiley was born on December 22, 1889, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the daughter of Edgar James Wiley and Leona Cummins Wiley. She was a descendent of John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. She attended Oberlin College, where she earned the A.B. degree in 1917 with a major in Greek and economics. She also studied piano and voice in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. While at Oberlin College she was placed in charge of a woman's dormitory and served as chaplain of Talcott Hall where she became experienced at leading prayers and worship services.
In 1916, she married Philip Drew Dutton and became his partner both as a minister's wife and as a missionary. During their years in China, Mrs. Dutton learned Mandarin Chinese, a language in which she became proficient. While her husband served a city church and several country churches, she taught English and music. Later, in the Philippines, she added ancient history to the subjects she taught. She attained these accomplishments while assisting her husband in fundraising and service projects and while raising three children, two of whom were born in China.
Helen Dutton was a prolific writer, keeping several journals of her travels through China (1935-40) and maintaining an active correspondence with her family and friends. She also composed a number of sketches portraying Chinese social patterns and customs. She also became a gifted translator of Chinese poems of the T'ang and Sun Dynasties; a collection of these was published under the title Secrets told in the Bamboo Grove (1940).
In 1979, four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Dutton moved to Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, where she died on April 14, 1982.
In 1916, she married Philip Drew Dutton and became his partner both as a minister's wife and as a missionary. During their years in China, Mrs. Dutton learned Mandarin Chinese, a language in which she became proficient. While her husband served a city church and several country churches, she taught English and music. Later, in the Philippines, she added ancient history to the subjects she taught. She attained these accomplishments while assisting her husband in fundraising and service projects and while raising three children, two of whom were born in China.
Helen Dutton was a prolific writer, keeping several journals of her travels through China (1935-40) and maintaining an active correspondence with her family and friends. She also composed a number of sketches portraying Chinese social patterns and customs. She also became a gifted translator of Chinese poems of the T'ang and Sun Dynasties; a collection of these was published under the title Secrets told in the Bamboo Grove (1940).
In 1979, four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Dutton moved to Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, where she died on April 14, 1982.
Helen Axford Wiley was born on December 22, 1889, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the daughter of Edgar James Wiley and Leona Cummins Wiley. She was a descendent of John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. She attended Oberlin College, where she earned the A.B. degree in 1917 with a major in Greek and economics. She also studied piano and voice in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. While at Oberlin College she was placed in charge of a woman's dormitory and served as chaplain of Talcott Hall where she became experienced at leading prayers and worship services.
In 1916, she married Philip Drew Dutton and became his partner both as a minister's wife and as a missionary. During their years in China, Mrs. Dutton learned Mandarin Chinese, a language in which she became proficient. While her husband served a city church and several country churches, she taught English and music. Later, in the Philippines, she added ancient history to the subjects she taught. She attained these accomplishments while assisting her husband in fundraising and service projects and while raising three children, two of whom were born in China.
Helen Dutton was a prolific writer, keeping several journals of her travels through China (1935-40) and maintaining an active correspondence with her family and friends. She also composed a number of sketches portraying Chinese social patterns and customs. She also became a gifted translator of Chinese poems of the T'ang and Sun Dynasties; a collection of these was published under the title Secrets told in the Bamboo Grove (1940).
In 1979, four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Dutton moved to Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, where she died on April 14, 1982.
In 1916, she married Philip Drew Dutton and became his partner both as a minister's wife and as a missionary. During their years in China, Mrs. Dutton learned Mandarin Chinese, a language in which she became proficient. While her husband served a city church and several country churches, she taught English and music. Later, in the Philippines, she added ancient history to the subjects she taught. She attained these accomplishments while assisting her husband in fundraising and service projects and while raising three children, two of whom were born in China.
Helen Dutton was a prolific writer, keeping several journals of her travels through China (1935-40) and maintaining an active correspondence with her family and friends. She also composed a number of sketches portraying Chinese social patterns and customs. She also became a gifted translator of Chinese poems of the T'ang and Sun Dynasties; a collection of these was published under the title Secrets told in the Bamboo Grove (1940).
In 1979, four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Dutton moved to Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, where she died on April 14, 1982.
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